| Show FUNK F OTIS IS ageg 01 hagth franklin fortberry Fors berry gates passed away at his home in this city last thursday may 3 1923 of paralysis following a long illness he was born at salt lake city february 13 1856 a son of jacob and emma Emm gates aGates his parents were pioneers of st george and he was five years old when he came here with them his boyhood days were spent here during part of which he learned the blacksmith trade when 21 years of age he went to the uni varsity of utah which he attended tor for one year afterwards working as bookkeeper tor for the consolidated im clement co cc at salt lake city tor for two years from salt lake be he went to sliver silver reef this county where he worked as a blacksmith tor for seven years and from silver reef to nevada where he followed his trade blacksmith from be lie went to provo where he worked in the furniture store of snow gates jacob gates one of the partners be ing his brother from provo he re turned to st george F F gates was married to laura ashworth in the st george temple march 25 1893 of this hia union sev en children were born all of whom are living as follows airs bert riding salt lake city frank A eiko elko nevada clarence F lyman wyoming kathleen edith cecil and sylvia st george strictly a home man mr gates did not enter into public affairs his home his wife and his family drew him and to them he was devoted he was a musician of ability and played several musical instruments the piano plano violin and cornet especially well his ills hearing for the good in music vms v as very keen and he delighted in playing the softer sweeter kinds of music this love of music has been transmitted to hib his children his ills son clarence conducts an orchestra which playe plays his own compositions ba be bides which he Is an in instructor in vocal music F V gates conducted the st george band for many years ha ile was the first person ta in st george to have an upright piano he lie followed his trade rade us as blacksmith here until about five ave years ago when ailing falling health compelled him to cease tease hard work the past two years he has been practically unable to do much of anything though he was not tot bedfast until near the end he lie was an upright and nd honorable man ft a good citizen good neighbor devoted husband and loving father his end was peaceful his devoted wife doing all that mortal woman could do to ease his pains and make him as comfortable as possible funeral Sert services icem funeral services were held it in the stake tabernacle sunday attert attenson atte noon oon a large number of people being pres ent ett to pay their list respects respect i the stand vas nas beautifully decorated with flowers and a it aon of roses and arid other flowers covered the casket bishop V G miles conducted the services services commenced with a violin eolo solo by wesley pearce miss bliss olive snow at the piano prayer was offered by elder arthur F miles vocal solo 0 dry those tears I 1 by mrs airs viola haycock miss bliss evelyn thurston at piano elder D H morris said he was well acquainted with bro gates they grew grow up together and for fifty years were intimate friends he was an ideal citizen and assisted in the up building of this dixie dille country he was more a home man than a public man and came from old stand bys of the church he lie was as always alays interested in seeing his children advance it was a it relief to him to finish anish his life a work tor for he had been sick for tears ears the separation will be keen ly felt by his loved ones but this Is not the end only one of the several stages of our ex istance as planned by god we deeply sympathize with his wife and family who were so 60 deeply devoted to him elder geo E miles said it was in one sense a pleasure to speak on this occasion he had worked at silver reef beef at the same time as bro gates md and knew know him hl well vell waa was borg f ARE po g haq nothing mean or vicious in him had never heard him curse or profane like the miners who worked at the reef reel yet the environment was very bad he was a splendid citizen and a good neighbor vocal solo sometimes jos wm win mcallister McAll lster miss thurston at piano pres thos P cottam cottain said nothing we can say or do now will help this departed brother had esteemed him as a good citizen and a good father no man was ever blessed with a more devoted wife than bro gates ask ed the lord to bless and comfort sis ter gates and her family cornet solo ave maria gou nod earl J bleak mrs bleak at piano pres edw H snow said he had been very much impressed by the honesty and candor of the speakers which was the way it should be we should be no less candid in death than in life we should be full of love and charity and leave judgment to him who said judge not no man on earth bad had better parents than frank gates knew his father jacob gates and his wonderful wife emma gates they had bad bedri members of zion camp thought frank be connected up with heaven through his musical soul sout which was largely responsible tor for his clean life and in frank was a home man and a good citizen he upheld law and order and his word was good and could be depended upon he passed to his children many of his good halts pres snow paid high tribute to sister gates and her children tor for their faithfulness and concluded by asking the lord to bless them bishop miles made closing remarks in which he referred to bro gates as an honest and upright man he especially commended the devo tion of sister gates and concluded by thanking those present on behalf of the family duet tha the better land I 1 jos X nicholes and jos wm win mcallister McAll lster miss thurston at organ Ben benediction diction by elder jos T atkin |
